Mixed Layer Depth and its Variability in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean as Revealed by Observations and Model Simulations

References

• Agarwal , N. , Sharma , R. , Basu , S. , Sarkar , A. and Agarwal , V. K. 2007, August . Evaluation of relative performance of QuikSCAT and NCEP re-analysis winds through simulations by an OGCM . Deep Sea Res , 54 ( 8 ) : 1311 – 1328 .
   Google Scholar
• Anderson , S. P. and Weller , R. A. 1996 . Surface buoyancy forcing and mixed layer of the western Pacific warm pool: Observations and 1D model results . J. Clim. , 9 : 3056 – 3085 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Babu , K. N. , Sharma , R. , Agarwal , N. , Agarwal , V. K. and Weller , R. A. 2004 . Study of the mixed layer depth variations within the north Indian Ocean using a 1-D model . J. Geophys. Res. , 109 : C08016 doi: 10.1029/2003JC002024
   Google Scholar
• Chen , D. , Busalacchi , A. J. and Rothstein , L. M. 1994 . The roles of vertical mixing, solar radiation, and wind stress in a model simulation of the sea surface temperature seasonal cycle in the tropical Pacific Ocean . J. Geophys. Res. , 99 : 20345 – 20359 .
   Google Scholar
• Chowdary , J. S. , Gnanaseelan , C. and Xie , S. P. 2009 . Westward propagation of barrier layer formation in the 2006–07 Rossby wave event over the tropical southwest Indian Ocean . Geophys. Res. Lett. , 36 : L04607 doi: 10.1029/2008GL036642
   Google Scholar
• Fasham , M. J. R. 1995 . Variations in the seasonal cycle of biological production in subarctic oceans: A model sensitivity analysis . Deep Sea Res. , Part I ( 42 ) : 1111 – 1149 .
   Google Scholar
• Fischer , A. S. 1997 . “ Arabian Sea mixed layer deepening during the monsoon: Observations and dynamics ” . Cambridge : Mass. Inst. of Technol. . M.S. thesis
   Google Scholar
• Fischer , A. S. 2000 . “ The upper ocean response to the monsoon in the Arabian Sea ” . Cambridge : Mass. Inst. of Technol./Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst. . Ph.D. thesis
   Google Scholar
• Goswami , B. N. and Sengupta , D. 2003 . A note on the deficiency of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis surface winds over the equatorial Indian Ocean . J. Geophys. Res. , 108 ( C4 ) : 3124 doi: 10.1029/2002JC001497
   Google Scholar
• Hellerman , S. and Rosenstein , M. 1983 . Normal monthly wind stress over the world ocean with error estimates . J. Phy. Oceanogr. , 13 : 1093 – 1104 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Large , W. G. and Pond , S. 1982 . Sensible and latent heat flux measurements over the ocean . J Phys. Oceanogr. , 12 : 464 – 482 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levitus , S. 1982 . “ Climatological atlas of the world ocean ” . 173 Washington, DC : U. S. Govt. Print. Office . NOAA Prof. Pap. 13
   Google Scholar
• McCreary , J. P. , Kohler , K. E. , Hood , R. R. , Smith , S. , Kindle , J. , Fischer , A. S. and Weller , R. A. 2001 . Influence of diurnal and intraseasonal forcing on mixed layer and biological variability in the Central Arabian Sea . J. Geophys. Res. , 106 : 7139 – 7156 .
   Google Scholar
• Pacanowski , R. C. and Philander , G. 1981 . Parameterization of vertical mixing in numerical models of the tropical ocean . J. Phys. Oceanogr. , 11 : 1442 – 1451 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pacanowski , R. C. and Griffies , S. M. 2000 . “ MOM 3.0 manual ” . Princeton, NJ: NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory .
   Google Scholar
• Price , J. F. , Weller , R. A. and Pinkel , R. 1986 . Diurnal cycling: Observations and models of upper ocean response to diurnal heating, cooling and wind mixing . J. Geophys. Res. , 91 : 8411 – 8427 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schiller , A. and Godfrey , J. S. 2003 . Indian Ocean intraseasonal variability in an ocean general circulation model . J. Clim. , 16 : 21 – 39 .
   Google Scholar
• Sharma , R. N. , Agarwal , S. , Basu , S. and Agarwal , V. K. 2007 . Impact of satellite derived forcings on numerical ocean model simulations and study of sea surface salinity variations in the Indian Ocean . J. Clim. , 20 : 871 – 890 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sprintall , J. and Tomczak , M. 1992 . Evidence of the barrier layer in the surface layer of the tropics . J. Geophys. Res. , 97 : 7305 – 7316 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sui , C.-H. , Li , X. , Lau , K.-M. and Adamec , D. 1997 . Multiscale air-sea interactions during TOGA COARE . Mon. Weather Rev. , 125 : 448 – 462 .
   Google Scholar
• Sutton , P. J. , Worcester , P. F. , Masters , G. , Cornuelle , B. D. and Lynch , J. F. 1993 . Ocean mixed layers and acoustic pulse propagation in the Greenland Sea . J. Acoust. Soc. Am. , 94 : 1517 – 1526 .
   Google Scholar
• Weller , R. A. and Farmer , D. M. 1992 . Dynamics of the ocean mixed layer . Oceanus , 35 : 46 – 55 .
   Google Scholar
• Weller , R. A. , Baumgartner , M. F. , Josey , S. A. , Fischer , A. S. and Kindle , J. C. 1998 . Atmospheric forcing in the Arabian Sea during 1994–1995 observations and comparisons with climatology models . Deep Sea Res , Part II ( 45 ) : 1961 – 1999 .
   Google Scholar
• Wyrtki , K. 1973 . An equatorial jet in the Indian Ocean . Science , 181 : 262 – 264 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar